The Marriott Hotel at the base of the two towers is also destroyed. Two decades is a long time in the world of technology and media. Within three minutes, news of the attack hit the Associated Press newswire, and moments after that, most major networks cut away from scheduled programming to cover the story.
Less than 10 minutes after the impact, President Bush—who was attending an event at a Florida elementary school—was informed of the crash which at that point was characterized as an accident. Because media outlets were able to cover the incident so quickly, millions of people witnessed the second plane striking the South Tower in real-time a mere 17 minutes after the first impact.
This was a defining moment as millions of people around the world experience the events precisely as they unfolded. The still-young internet was strained that day. Cities represent humanity's greatest achievements - and greatest challenges. The World Economic Forum supports a number of projects designed to make cities cleaner, greener and more inclusive. These include hosting the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization , which gathers bright ideas from around the world to inspire city leaders, and running the Future of Urban Development and Services initiative.
The latter focuses on how themes such as the circular economy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution can be harnessed to create better cities. The Pentagon has been repaired, and a shiny, story World Trade Center now punctuates the skyline of Lower Manhattan, but not all wounds have healed.
Many others are living with the absence of the nearly 3, loved-ones who died during the attacks. When DHS began operations in , it was the largest U. As well, the recent withdrawal from Afghanistan was a reminder that long shadow of the attack is still influencing events today, even two decades later. The outer ring of the building collapsed at a. The incident killed 64 on the plane, including 5 hijackers, and people on the ground. At a. According to the NYFD, firefighters were killed responding to the site of the attack.
Police officer Mike Brennan helps a distraught woman covered in ash and debris seek shelter following the collapse of the North Tower. In the years since the attack, thousands of first responders and survivors have died due to cancer or aerodigestive disorders, according to the CDC. A bicyle sits covered with sediment and ash after the World Trade Center was hit by two planes, Sept. Marcy Borders, 28, is covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed.
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Its intended target is not known, but theories include the White House , the U. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard. Citizens of 78 countries died in New York, Washington, D.
At the World Trade Center, 2, died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers. That figure includes firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher floors.
At the Pentagon, people were killed, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that struck the building. On Flight 93 , 44 people died when the plane crash-landed in Pennsylvania. Bush , who was in Florida at the time of the attacks and had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. In a reference to the eventual U.
Within two months, U. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, remained at large until May 2, , when he was finally tracked down and killed by U. In June , then-President Barack Obama announced the beginning of large-scale troop withdrawals from Afghanistan; it took until August for all U. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 25, Today, the Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet responsible for preventing terror attacks, border security, immigrations and customs and disaster relief and prevention.
Mohammed led propaganda operations for al Qaeda from In August , a U. On the first day of trading after the attacks, the market fell 7. The heaviest losses were in finance and air transportation, which accounted for 60 percent of lost jobs.
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